In a celebration of gymnastics of all ages and abilities, Leeds GymFest returned to the First Direct Arena in Leeds, where 1,300 gymnasts gathered to showcase their routines. The Gryphon went with Leeds Student Television […]
2013: A Year in Sport
Image Credit: BBC A year of firsts and lasts, and not one of bad luck for Britain’s sporting heroes, 2013 was a momentous year in British sport. Records were broken, immortals were born, and legends […]
Take Us Home: Can Leeds Finally Make it Back to the Big Time?
Image Credit- Football League World The 2018-19 EFL Championship was in some ways, a season of firsts. No team who had topped the table at Christmas had failed to be promoted in the same season. […]
England’s Final to Forget Concludes a World Cup to Remember
Image Credit- Rugby World It simply wasn’t to be for Eddie Jones’ England last Saturday, with South Africa taking home the Webb Ellis Cup following a domineering performance over an England side that had vanquished […]
Superb Springboks Crush England’s World Cup Dream
Image Credit- CNN International England’s Rugby Union side were unable to repeat their semi-final heroics from a week earlier in an agonising 32-12 loss to a dominant South Africa in the 2019 Rugby World Cup […]
Clive Sullivan: A British Sporting Pioneer
Image Credit: Hullfc.com Rugby League has long been a sport associated with pioneering. The formation of the game itself was a leap of faith, with 22 clubs in the North of England rejecting the stranglehold […]
Headingley Showdown sees Beckett re-gain Varsity title
Leeds Varsity 2019 was brought to a close with the traditional Rugby Union finale at Emerald Headingley Stadium. With the overall scores being well in Beckett’s favour, and the preceding Women’s Rugby Union match having been an absolute thriller in which Leeds University came out on top, the Varsity finale was a chance for the Gryphons to end the annual festival on a high.
All Change as Rugby Union’s Finest Jet off to Japan
With the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan just days away, the 20 teams arriving on the shores of ‘the Land of the Rising Sun’ are preparing for what could be the most unpredictable World Cup yet.
Battling Broncos Buck the Odds
Image Credit [Rugby-league.com] Newly promoted London Broncos claim an early and surprising scalp with a win over troubled Wigan. Reigning champions Wigan Warriors remain without a point in Super League 2019 having succumbed to an […]
May-Day For France
Image Credit: [The Times] A Jonny May hat-trick within the first half hour set England on their way to a thumping 44-8 victory over France – sending them top of the 2019 Six Nations table […]
Leeds brought back down to Earth by clinical Baggies
Image Credit [Express & Star] Leeds United suffered their first big defeat of the season on Saturday, going down 4-1 at West Brom. The home side dominated throughout and a huge second half performance, in […]
Fighting For a City: The Gryphon meets Josh Warrington
Image Credit: [Tim Whitby] The Gryphon spoke to IBF World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Josh Warrington, about his journey from Leeds estates to a World Title at the premiere for his documentary: Josh Warrington: Fighting For […]